Stemless Kylix, Cup, Black-Glaze

1911.02.0014

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Artifact Identification Stemless Kylix, Cup, Black-Glaze   (1911.02.0014)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Materials T&E
  2. :
  3. Food Service T&E
  4. :
  5. Drinking Vessels
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period Classical, Graeco-Roman?, 28th to 30th Dynasty
Date 350 BCE.
Culture Greek, Apulian?

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Width) 19.2 cm
Dimension 2 (Diameter) 12.6 cm
Dimension 3 (Diameter) 5.1 cm
Weight 123 g
Measuring Remarks Under Review
Materials Ceramic--Terracotta, Pigment--Glaze
Manufacturing Processes Throwing, Firing, Painting, Glazing

Research Remarks

Description

ITALIC BLACK-GLAZE STEMLESS CUP
SHAPE AND ORNAMENT Convex body, exterior undecorated. In the tondo, stamped palmettes linked by incised curves in a circular pattern. Grooved half-ovals inside the circle. -- Wisseman, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Plate 63, 7.

Published Description Under Review
Bibliography

James, T.G.H. Excavating in Egypt: The Egypt Exploration Society 1882-1982. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1982.

Wisseman, Sarah U. Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum. Philipp von Zabern: Mainz, 1989. Page 54, Plate 63, 7.

Divisions for region taken from: Baines & Málek 1980
Atlas of Ancient Egypt. Oxford: Phaidon.

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication Egypt Exploration Society
Reproduction no

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